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Post by sandi on Aug 2, 2006 19:45:50 GMT -5
Elton John Sick of American Bands' Style
Elton John talks to the media in New York ...
NEW YORK - Attention, rock 'n' rollers. Elton John is sick of your tattoos and piercings. John, who will perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 7 at Radio City Music Hall, says he'd like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular by his peers.
"It's been a thing the British have always been very good at, with Bowie, myself, T.Rex, the Who, Queen. ... We all embraced that side of it," John, 59, tells Fashion Rocks magazine, on newsstands Aug. 8.
"And I think it's good that some American bands are beginning to do that, but it's still very rare for bands to make a real effort. So when you get groups like The Killers and Scissor Sisters who come along, it's thrilling. I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses. It's not pretty, it's not pleasant, it's not exciting. Please stop it now."
John says his theatrical style, made famous in his '70s heyday, was meant "to give people a bit of fun" while he sat at the piano for long sets.
When he was starting out, his musical "heroes" _ among them George Harrison, Leon Russell, Neil Diamond and Brian Wilson _ supported his budding career. Today, John likes to mentor up-and-coming artists.
"When I hear something new that's really, really great, I ring people up and say, `I think that's a fantastic album,'" he says.
CBS will air a two-hour special on the Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 8 (9 p.m. EDT). Proceeds from the concert, which kicks off New York Fashion Week, will benefit John's AIDS foundation.
"I've been very lucky in my life," he says. "I was a drug addict for 16 years, at a time when AIDS was just getting started, and I put myself at so much risk. I came out of it negative rather than positive, and I wanted to do something to give back."
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Post by Scott on Aug 2, 2006 22:16:45 GMT -5
Elton John Sick of American Bands' Style Elton John talks to the media in New York ... NEW YORK - Attention, rock 'n' rollers. Elton John is sick of your tattoos and piercings. John, who will perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 7 at Radio City Music Hall, says he'd like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular by his peers. "It's been a thing the British have always been very good at, with Bowie, myself, T.Rex, the Who, Queen. ... We all embraced that side of it," John, 59, tells Fashion Rocks magazine, on newsstands Aug. 8. Yeah, we need more bands dressing and acting like f*gs. (Can I say that?  ) It's the music that matters most. The reason "glam" worked for Bowie and T Rex and Queen was that the MUSIC kicked ass. And was The Who ever "glam-rock"? I missed that part I guess."And I think it's good that some American bands are beginning to do that, but it's still very rare for bands to make a real effort. So when you get groups like The Killers and Scissor Sisters who come along, it's thrilling. I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses. It's not pretty, it's not pleasant, it's not exciting. Please stop it now." The Scissor Sisters? Who in the f*ck is that? I've at least heard of The Killers."I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses". I'm "so over", the use of the words "so over". Sounds like a teenage girl...years ago.  "It's not pretty, it's not pleasant, it's not exciting. Please stop it now."
I could say the same thing about the flaming lifestyle you lead, Elton. We know you're gay, okay? But, do you have to be so...GAY?  John says his theatrical style, made famous in his '70s heyday, was meant "to give people a bit of fun" while he sat at the piano for long sets. When he was starting out, his musical "heroes" _ among them George Harrison, Leon Russell, Neil Diamond and Brian Wilson _ supported his budding career. Today, John likes to mentor up-and-coming artists. "When I hear something new that's really, really great, I ring people up and say, `I think that's a fantastic album,'" he says. CBS will air a two-hour special on the Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 8 (9 p.m. EDT). Proceeds from the concert, which kicks off New York Fashion Week, will benefit John's AIDS foundation. "I've been very lucky in my life," he says. "I was a drug addict for 16 years, at a time when AIDS was just getting started, and I put myself at so much risk. I came out of it negative rather than positive, and I wanted to do something to give back." Oh, you're lucky you didn't contract AIDS because you were a "drug addict" for 16 years...not because you were packing the fudge all along, too? All righty then. |
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Post by Warpig on Aug 3, 2006 7:49:51 GMT -5
I pretty much agree with Scott's comments. Just go fade away Elton.
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Post by caljam on Aug 3, 2006 14:27:31 GMT -5
Oh, you're lucky you didn't contract AIDS because you were a "drug addict" for 16 years...not because you were packing the fudge all along, too? All righty then. It may be news to you, but there are more ways to contract HIV than gay sex. What is this? 1986? |
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Post by duojett71 on Aug 3, 2006 20:47:51 GMT -5
apparently Elton was not aware of the 80's and what was going on musically here in America during that time. Sorry Elton we've been there....done that....
and you know what when Elton decides to write a good song, instead of the elevator muzak he has been playing for the last 20 years, then he can talk to us about trends in music and wha is cool and what isn't....until then go comb your fucking wig collection......
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Post by Scott on Aug 3, 2006 21:06:54 GMT -5
It may be news to you, but there are more ways to contract HIV than gay sex. What is this? 1986? Yes, of course I know that. But the time frame he was talking about WAS around 1986. "I've been very lucky in my life," he says. "I was a drug addict for 16 years, at a time when AIDS was just getting started, and I put myself at so much risk." |
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Post by caljam on Aug 4, 2006 9:48:17 GMT -5
It may be news to you, but there are more ways to contract HIV than gay sex. What is this? 1986? Yes, of course I know that. But the time frame he was talking about WAS around 1986. "I've been very lucky in my life," he says. "I was a drug addict for 16 years, at a time when AIDS was just getting started, and I put myself at so much risk."Erm...there were more ways to contact HIV in 1986 than gay sex too! |
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Post by kim on Aug 4, 2006 10:28:32 GMT -5
Not to turn this into an "AIDS" thread, but what Elton and many others on this planet fail to understand is that this disease had already started many years before they realized.
Granted, the first "official" reported case came to light in 1981. This is when the medical establishment decided to announce the arrival of this new, unheard of virus as the first "documented" case.
It does not mean that all of a sudden, one day in 1981, some dweeb in a lab jacket took a test tube over to his supervisor and said..."ere...have a gander at this...I'm going for a coffee"...and then they announced it on the 6 o'clock news that the world just received a new virus...like getting a new catalog through the mail???
They were well aware of this happening for years prior...and from information now being slowly released to the public, medical professionals and scientists alike at the time were privy to this disease in the 70's...yet had very little information from which to go on and, at the time, seemed to have even less concern as to the magnitude of it's eventual impact on human life as we know it today.
So, in hindsight, Elton was most certainly drinking up a storm and at the same time dodging bullets back at the ole "chocolate channel Inn" way before any of the members of the free world knew what was taking place at the time in the late 70's...and all the while being exposed to such a threat to the same degree as a heroin addict would be in searching the ground for a used needle to poke themselves with...or even those that had unprotected heterosexual sex with another who had already contracted the disease...AIDS was well on it's way by the time 1980 had come around.
Thanks
Kim
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Post by Scott on Aug 4, 2006 10:51:58 GMT -5
Erm...there were more ways to contact HIV in 1986 than gay sex too! I understand that, but if you were an addict AND having gay sex... My point was that Elton mentions putting himself at risk for AIDS by "being a drug addict"...without bothering to mention putting himself at risk by being gay. And at that time, being a gay male put you at a much higher risk than the average "joe". I quit.  |
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) It's the music that matters most. The reason "glam" worked for Bowie and T Rex and Queen was that the MUSIC kicked ass. And was The Who ever "glam-rock"? I missed that part I guess.
